A recent study led by Dr. CUI Yuzhu confirmed that a supermassive black hole is spinning at the center of the neighboring radio galaxy M87.…
Webb’s Gravitational Lensing of the Early Universe
MACS0647: Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Dan Coe (STScI), Rebecca Larson (UT), Yu-Yang Hsiao (JHU); Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI); The gravitational lensing of galaxy cluster MACS0647 – in which the giant foreground…
JWST detects a giant and compact resting galaxy
JWST color image of JWST-ER1. Credit: Van Dokkum et al., 2023. Astronomers have reported the discovery of a new galaxy using the James Webb Space…
Determine the radiation characteristics of space supercomputers
Scientists at the Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds have suggested that extraterrestrial civilizations could use Dyson spheres – hypothetical space structures that harness the…
New insights into exoplanet atmospheres and stars. The first spectral analysis of the planet TRAPPIST-1 b has been obtained
Astronomers led by a team from the University of Montreal have made significant progress in understanding the fascinating exoplanet system TRAPPIST-1, first discovered in 2016…
The threat of contact with extraterrestrial civilization has been refuted
Philosopher Stephen Firth of the University of Helsinki has rejected the idea that contact with aliens necessarily poses a threat to humans. According to its…
How the ‘cosmic laws’ of galaxy formation are rewritten
A team of researchers from Denmark and Australia used the extraordinary capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope to travel back billions of years to…
Theoretical research shows that Kerr black holes can amplify new physics
Black holes are regions of space characterized by extremely strong gravity, preventing all matter and electromagnetic waves from escaping. These fascinating cosmic bodies are the…
New type supernova discovered using JWST
An international team of astronomers has made an exciting discovery using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). They observed the PLCK galaxy cluster G165.7+67.0 and…